Can’t predict with certainty, but I’m tipsy and can speculate: It starts with imperfect automation, where the cost of automating various jobs drops so low that most businesses can’t help but automate, even if it won’t work quite right. At this stage, the technology either is too imperfect or the ‘perfect’ version remains cost ineffective. Payroll is drastically slashed, and the humans hired on are only there to handle the problems that fall through the cracks, and interface with customers who don’t want to deal with the new tech.
ex. Instead of having a bunch of cashiers, you […]
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